AGMs
Annual General Meeting 2024
Saturday 15th June, hosted by the Eastern district.
Eastern District is looking forward to welcoming Ladies Guild ringers to the AGM in June 2024. For members who will be travelling to the area the day before, we have arranged a couple of events on the Friday we hope you will enjoy. Any non-ringers with you are very welcome to join us for the service and meals.
Friday 14th June
An opportunity to ring a quarter peal in the afternoon (bookings now closed)
Social event: 7pm group meal at the Six Bells at Boreham; pre-booking required via AGM form. An email will be sent round nearer the time to confirm menu choices.
Saturday 15th June
Ringing routes 10 am - 1.15 pm
Route A from the North: 10-10.45 Bocking (10); 11.15-12noon Witham (8) ; 12.30-1.15 Terling (8)
Route B from the West: 10-10.45 Basildon (8); 11.15-12noon Galleywood (8); 12.30-1.15 Great Baddow (8)
Lunch: To fit in as much ringing as possible, we haven’t arranged a lunch stop, so you may want to bring something with you to have between towers. If you would prefer to stop somewhere, local pubs are likely to need to be booked in advance
• 2 – 2.45 pm Ringing at Danbury’s 8-bell tower
• 3 – 3.55 pm Ringing at Little Baddow’s 8-bell tower
• 4 - 4.30 pm Church service at Little Baddow
• 5pm AGM in the Memorial Hall, Little Baddow, CM3 4TA
• 6.15pm Buffet supper in the Memorial Hall, Little Baddow (vegetarian option provided)
Sunday 16th June
Sunday morning ringing: A list of nearby towers that would welcome ringers for their Sunday morning service will be sent out nearer the time.
We hope you will join us.
A Word version of the booking form is here.
Please download the form as a Word document, enable editing, fill it in, save it with your own name in the file name and return to Wendy.
Return date for booking form: by 30th April 2024 to wendyegodden@gmail.com
If there are any problems with downloading the form, please contact Wendy or any District Secretary for a Word file.
Accommodation: Chelmsford has three Premier Inns and one Travelodge, as well as several smaller hotels and B&Bs. Maldon also has a Travelodge. The Lion at Boreham has accommodation too, and there are a number of Airbnbs in the area.
Little Baddow is situated halfway (5 miles) between Chelmsford and Maldon
Annual General Meeting 2023
Saturday 17th June, hosted by the South Midlands district.
South Midlands District is looking forward to welcoming Ladies Guild ringers to the AGM in June 2023. For members who will be travelling to the area the day before, we have arranged a couple of events on the Friday we hope you will enjoy. Any non-ringers with you are very welcome to join us for the service and meals. Detailed arrangements will be published on the website and Facebook when available. More ...
Minutes - Minutes of the 2023 AGM are available here
Annual General Meeting 2021
Update: March 2021
The Executive Committee has decided that, due to Covid restrictions, the AGM will be held via Zoom in June and not face to face hosted by the North West District as originally planned (proposed date is Saturday 19th June). The North West District will host next year’s AGM (proposed date Saturday 25th June) and South Midlands in 2023 (Host District dates in Rule 6 adjusted here). All being well everything will be back to some normality regarding ringing and socialising by then, but it was felt that a decision should be made now to stop uncertainty.
Also because this year’s AGM is to be held by Zoom it was felt that a fair debate on the proposed rule changes would not be possible and therefore the debate and decision on the rule changes would be moved back to the AGM next year. All other proposed business will be dealt with at this AGM.
AGM 2021 - Saturday 19th June at 10 am. Zoom details available nearer the time.
Minutes - Minutes of the 2021 AGM are available here.
Annual General Meeting 2020 - Cancelled
22/04/20: Due to the continuing restrictions on gatherings, the Ladies’ Guild AGM in June 2020 is cancelled. As the Coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented event with no certain indication of time for a “return to normal”, the Executive Committee are deciding a way forward for this year and this will be communicated soon.
2019 Annual Report
Due to the unprecedented situation in early 2020 re: Covid-19 Pandemic, the Annual General Meeting for 2020 was cancelled, and the proposed venue and meeting rearranged to be held in June 2021.
All subsequent A.G.M. Host District dates were moved to the following year (see Rule 6 here).
Therefore this Annual Report, was not adopted and the following arrangements were made by the Compiler: one hard copy posted to each Guild Officer, District Secretary, with one supplementary copy to the usual interested parties; an abridged electronic version (omitting the Treasurer's report) was sent to the Webmistress.
Margaret Ingman, Annual Report Compiler.
A pdf file of Annual Report is available here. Note that the Treasurer's Report is omitted from this version, please contact the Treasurer directly if you would like a copy of her report.
Annual General Meeting 2019
National Guild officers 2019-2020 - Elections at the National AGM
At the National AGM at Clarborough on Saturday 22nd June 2019 Helen Webb's three year stint as national president came to an end and Alison Williams was elected for the next three years.
The following tribute to Helen was read out.
Helen has worked extremely hard for the Guild in the last three years with a mission to raise the level of confidence in ringing among our members. She has organised herself, and got others to arrange, Quarter Peal Days at St Cement Danes in London and weekends in Liverpool and Halifax as well as training days in conducting. She has travelled widely to visit all the districts and to get to know us and for us to know her. She has also encouraged us to work with our neighbouring districts and helped us to think about our own contributions to the Guild.
So, THANK YOU Helen. We will do our best to keep up the good work. Enjoy your retirement!
All the current holders of national posts were re-elected on a one year basis with just one change. Helen Webb resigned as Central Council representative and Alison Williams has taken up the place in her capacity as Guild President.
Janet Stevenson (Guild Archivist)
Annual General Meeting 2019 details here